Michael Owen has urged Manchester United's hierarchy to stop splashing the cash and let Ruben Amorim figure out their transfer needs for himself.

The go-to resolution for United's on-field woes over the last decade has been going big in the market, with countless mega-money signings failing to live up to expectations. Positions of need have been identified, but that doesn't necessarily mean the recruitment has been focused on that player's suitability for the role in mind.

Amorim has already shown early signs of improvement with the squad he inherited from Erik ten Hag. And Owen thinks he should be allowed to continue without any first-team additions in the upcoming January transfer window.

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Via AceOdds, the former United striker told the Manchester Evening News: "Can't people see that Manchester United has spent zillions for the last, 10, 15 years, and it's not about that. It can't be about that.

"All of those players that have been signed can't be bad players. There have been so many good players, and I think what we will see if you fast forward six months’ time, I reckon there'll be loads of people out there saying, ‘geez, he's better than I thought’. ‘Oh, I give him a lot of stick, and look how good he is now’."

Owen compared Amorim's situation to that of Jurgen Klopp, who joined a similarly struggling Liverpool side. Like Klopp, Owen would like to see the Portuguese coach be able to identify his side's weak links and then zone in on them.

He continued: "Now we've all got a distorted mind because we've watched a lot of these players and then they've gone and won the league and won the European Cup. But if you think of what people used to think about Jordan Henderson when Klopp took over, you think what people used to think about Andy Robertson or Trent Alexander-Arnold, young kids that have hardly kicked a ball.

"Now all of a sudden you look back and there are so many players that people just had down. 'Yeah, he's all right, he's all right, he's all right', and now all of a sudden you look back and think, ‘oh my God, one of the best players in the world’. A manager can transform the fortunes of players."

Amorim's central centre-back role for Harry Maguire in his 3-4-3 formation looks set to offer his United career a new lease of life, while summer signing Manuel Ugarte naturally fits the midfield mould he previously filled at Sporting CP. "I think that's the key for Manchester United," Owen reiterated.

"Don't just get a manager in and say, ‘oh, yeah, let's go and spend 200 million again and just go and spend money’. Let's watch him do what he can with this group of players. Let's see once he gets his formation in, once he gets them playing well.

"They will highlight one or two positions that actually are just not good enough and people have to be brought in. Klopp did it with Alisson. Klopp did it with [Virgil] Van Dijk. Amorim will do it as well. If I was Man United, I would literally hardly spend a penny."